Dell PowerEdge 1950 User Manual

Contents 3
Contents
1 About Your System
Other Information You May Need. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Accessing System Features During Startup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Front-Panel Features and Indicators
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Hard-Drive Indicator Codes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Back-Panel Features and Indicators
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting External Devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Power Indicator Codes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
NIC Indicator Codes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
LCD Status Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Solving Problems Described by LCD Status Messages. . . . . . . . . . 24
Removing LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
System Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Warning Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Diagnostics Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Alert Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2 Using the System Setup Program
Entering the System Setup Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Responding to Error Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the System Setup Program
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
System Setup Options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
CPU Information Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Integrated Devices Screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
System Security Screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Exit Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Dell PowerEdge 1950 Specifications

General

Processor Sockets	2
Chipset	Intel 5000X
Memory Slots	8 DIMM slots
Network	Dual embedded Broadcom NetXtreme II 5708 Gigabit Ethernet
Form Factor	1U Rack
Processor	Intel Xeon 5100, 5300 series
Memory	Up to 32GB DDR2
Storage	SAS or SATA
Drive Bays	Two 3.5" SAS or SATA drives or Four 2.5" SAS or SATA drives
RAID Controller	PERC 5/i, PERC 6/i
Power Supply	670W redundant power supply (optional)
Operating System Support	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux